David Pierce

So that while the appeals process happens, some other kind of change can actually take root.

Oh, that's interesting.

Can you, like, make cultural music business change in this weird sort of chilling period?

Yeah, you've got this weird moment in time before Clarence Thomas has to weigh in on the pricing of Billie Eilish tickets.

What can you get done before that happens?

Because who knows what happens in that case?

Yeah.

Yeah.

We've already talked about it, but Justin Bieber, you are welcome anytime.

I loved it.

Justin Bieber can play YouTube videos at me as much as he wants.

These are the rules.

All right.

Next up on the list, the sort of ongoing MacBook Neo effect in the world has caused a bunch of action from Microsoft in a really fascinating way.

Tom Warren, fresh from parental leave, wrote a really great piece for us last week, arguing that actually the MacBook Neo is a very good thing for Windows because Microsoft is nothing if not a fast follower.

I would argue that that piece is very funny because what Tom describes is Microsoft's fast follows are a series of things that just didn't work.

Microsoft has a history of fast following with products that aren't successful.

But in this case, the thing it does seem to have inspired Microsoft to do is push much harder for students and try to make Windows better.

I put this in here because I think you are as fascinated by what is happening with the Neo as I am.

The hottest gadget in the world is an iPhone chip running macOS.